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In Vitro Cytotoxic Effect of Aqueous Extract of Origanum Marjoram on AMN-3 Cell Line

@article{Khaleel2016InVC,
  title={In Vitro Cytotoxic Effect of Aqueous Extract of Origanum Marjoram on AMN-3 Cell Line},
  author={Fayhaa. M. Khaleel and Areej Sh. Hameed and Taghreed U. Mohammd},
  journal={Journal of Natural Sciences Research},
  year={2016},
  volume={6},
  pages={1-4}
}
The genus Origanum consist of different aromatic and medicinal plants some of which are used in folk medicine and as food additives since ancient time. This study amid to evaluate the potential anticancer activity of Origanum majorana (marjoram) (O. marjorana) on the cancer cell lines AMN-3. This study shows that O.marjorana aqueous extract has anticancer potential and can be explored futher for active component isolation, identifaction  and characterization. Keywords: Origanum marjorana… 
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